This is a simple but tasty side dish to serve with carnemeat or simply eaten on it's own. Nowdays you can find rape rosse or barbabietole (literally red turnipandchard with beard) beetroot available already cooked in most supermarket. Though if you try to cook yourself the raw ones you'll definitely see that il gustothe taste it's very diversodifferent!

Ingredients

500gr fresh beetroot

2 Tbsp pine nuts

parsley

1 clove garlic

salt

pepper

olive oil

balsamic vinegar

Cook the beetroot in unsalted boiling water. Toast the pine nuts for a few minutes in a small pan. Drain the beetroot and add chopped parsley and garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil, balsamic vinegar and finally the toasted pine nuts.